A Unified Model…of The Universe

On THE OM PARTICLE

For me, THE OM PARTICLE has many meanings on many different levels. In Buddhism and Hinduism, OM or AUM is a sacred sound. It starts with the most open sound (aaah). Notice that your mouth is wide open when you make this sound. It then moves through the half-way point (oooh). Your mouth is now half open and half closed. Finally, there is a move to the closed sound (mmm) followed by silence.A….U…..M (aaah oooh mmm). That is how it is pronounced. Put simply, OM is a sound or a “wave”.

Wave-particle duality in physics is the concept that every elementary particle can be partly described in terms of particles and partly in terms of waves. THE OM PARTICLE is a euphemism for wave-particle duality where OM is the wave. Waves and particles are incommensurate principles. A wave is not a particle and a particle is not a wave. But together, they form a kind of duality. This is the other aspect of the Principle of Incommensurability. In nature, incommensurate principles coexist and work together in a conjugate fashion. {Conjugate: coupled; joined together, especially in pairs; }. Black is not white and white is not black but together, they can form all the levels of grey. One is not zero and zero is not one but together they can be used to represent information in the form of the binary system. Without binary numbers, there would be no computers and without computers, the Mandelbrot Set might never have been discovered. In a similar manner, without wave-particle duality, the Universe might might not even exist.

The OM-Particle is also a play on the phrase “The God Particle” which I thought would capture the attention of the reader. In theoretical physics, “The God Particle” is the nickname for a theoretical particle called the Higgs boson. This is the elementary “particle” that is thought to be responsible for the mass of all other particles. It was allegedly detected by the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in July of 2012.

Unlike the God Particle, THE OM PARTICLE is not a particle at all but is a “principle”. It is the concept that encapsulates the Principle of Incommensurability. All “phenomenon” in the universe that embody The Principle of Incommensurability are OM-Particles. For example, the atom is an OM-Particle. Electrons are OM-Particles. Black holes are OM-Particles. A magnet is an OM-Particle. A galaxy is also an OM-Particle. Although all these things seem to be drastically different “phenomenon”, they all have one thing in common, and that is the Principle of Incommensurability. In the theory I am proposing, the “laws of physics” are emergent properties of fractal geometry and fractal geometry is an emergent property of something much simpler, that is, the Principle of Incommensurability.

“The Mandelbrot set broods in silent complexity at the center of a vast two-dimensional sheet of numbers called the complex plane. When a certain operation is applied repeatedly to the numbers, the ones outside the set flee to infinity. The numbers inside remain to drift or dance about. Close to the boundary minutely choreographed wanderings mark the onset of the instability. Here is an infinite regress of detail that astonishes us with its variety, its complexity and its strange beauty.” Kee Deweney, Scientific American,

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4 thoughts on “On THE OM PARTICLE”

Hi Lori, your work consists of explaining the universe (existence) and its laws (rules) based on mental and sensorial awareness and analysis. I greatly appreciate your fresh and courageous approach to the subject and have learned much from your efforts. You occasionally extrapolate what you have learned in an attempt to explain aspects of existence that are not and cannot be accurately perceived by the mind and/or senses and that do not operate under any of the laws/rules that you discuss.

Mental awareness and conscious awareness are not the same. Mind thinks. Consciousness does not think. It sees and knows. The mind has become so dominant that conscious awareness is almost non-existent for most people. Our minds have blessed us greatly, but its’ overwhelming dominance has resulted in the continuous fabrication of beliefs that lead to enduring human conflict. My book, “27 Laws of Existence and the Origin of Conflict” (available on Amazon) explains how expanded consciousness can preserve mental pursuits that are beneficial to humankind while diminishing mind’s creation of conflicts through its irrational fabrication of beliefs. It also instructs in techniques to realize this consciousness expansion.

I would very much like to collaborate with you in some manner. If you send me a mailing address I will happily send you a free hard copy of my book if you prefer that over the Amazon Kindle version.

Hi Lori, you agree with John Hagelin that Consciousness is the Unified Field.
Consciousness is not and cannot be the Unified Field. The Unified Field is an object of consciousness (or consciousness awareness). Consciousness is the subject and is not and cannot be the object.
The notion that consciousness could be the Unified Field or any other object or phenomenon is indicative of the inability of science as practiced and understood is unable to actually experience expanded consciousness. The mind has become so dominant that conscious awareness (not the same as mental awareness) is practically non-existent except perhaps in some very small children who have not been abused.
If you wish to understand consciousness please read my book (“27 Laws of Existence and the Origin of Conflict”) on Amazon. If you wish a free hard copy rather than Amazon’s Kindle version please provide your mailing address.
I would like to hear from you,
James Beck

James: that is very kind of you to offer me a copy of your book. I can’t find it on Amazon.ca (I am from Canada) so I may take you up on your offer. Do you have a .pdf version you can send me? You said “Consciousness is not and cannot be the Unified Field.” What you forgot to say is “In my humble opinion.”. There are no right or wrong answers here, only opinion. The things we are trying to described here are very difficult to describe in words. You said, “Consciousness is the subject and is not and cannot be the object.” In my humble opinion, field can be both subject and object just like you and I can be both subject and object. Subject and object are relative terms. Consciousness is like this. You cannot experience my consciousness and I can’t experience yours. My consciousness is a mystery to you and vice versa. So what is IT?

Like you, I came to my understanding of consciousness through meditation. In “The Principle of Incommensurability” which I am developing, Mind and Consciousness are incommensurate principles. Mind is not consciousness and consciousness is not mind. Mind belongs to the domain of InnerWorld and consciousness belongs to the domain of OuterWorld. Mind is neither subject nor object. Consciousness is both subject and object. I came to this understanding via “The Principle”.

I don’t think I need to read YOUR book to understand MY consciousness. But I’m willing to give it a go. You can send it to info@theOMparticle.com

Opinions are of the mind. Consciousness is not of the mind. Consciousness does not think and cannot think so it does not and cannot have opinions. I distinguish between what I call Consciousness and mental awareness. Mental awareness is a derivative of brain function. Consciousness is direct awareness (experience) of existence unfiltered through mind and the content of mind.

When you live in a house with shuttered windows that have never been opened and suddenly they are opened and you see the ‘clouds’ and ‘trees’ you don’t say I believe I see these things. You either see them or you do not. The window is either open or it is not. There is no opinion. Expanded Consciousness is (metaphorically speaking) like a window opening into your Beingness. When that happens what you see and experience is not an opinion. What you see and experience in expanded Consciousness is not something that you can learn. You can only experience it through Consciousness.

Advancing this metaphor further: When your window is open (Consciousness expansion) you may see different ‘clouds’ and different ‘trees’ but of the same ‘sky’ and same ‘forest’. They will not be YOUR ‘clouds’ or ‘trees’, but just ‘clouds ’ and ‘trees’. Consciousness is not and cannot be YOUR’S or MINE. If it were then there would be a consciousness that was an object of your awareness and a consciousness that was an object of my awareness. Consciousness IS, but we don’t and cannot have (possess) or objectify it. Matter, measurable phenomena and facts can be and are possessed physically, mentally and/or emotionally. However, Consciousness is not and cannot possess and is not and cannot be possessed.

Field certainly can be both subject and object. But Consciousness is not field.

I agree with you that this subject is very difficult to describe in words because words are a derivative of the mind. That is why in my book I have made an effort to re-define certain words for discussion of the subject. For example, in expanded Consciousness the mind can and does still function so long as our physical body is alive. But, it only functions accurately with respect to matter, facts and ‘measurable phenomena’, not ‘ethereal phenomena’. These are terms that are re-defined in my book.

I have created eleven advanced pranayama techniques. The second section of my book includes instructions for their practice. These techniques will take you to the edge of meditation if practiced as described. Surrender will take you the rest of the way. That final step of surrender is not something that you do. It is an awakening. Meditation leads to expanded Consciousness which is beyond words, opinions, questions and problems. Awakening (Enlightenment) always begins with effort and always ends with surrender. Pranayama practiced with awareness and intention involves intense mental focus and physical effort. This is the ultimate effort that will take you to the edge of meditation at which point surrender will result in expanded consciousness which leads to enlightenment. This is usually a gradual process that takes many lifetimes. When this happens you will be in the world but not of it. You will be in the world but the world will not be in you.

The work you do is courageous and of great clarity. You are a science iconoclast in the best sense of the term. To understand what I am saying you must go beyond your mind, which is generally more difficult for those of you who use your mind so prolifically and effectively. What I teach is not a problem to be solved or a question to be answered but a surrendering into your Beingness, an awakening from a deep sleep. In my book I state that these techniques are for advanced students of yoga only but anyone can do them with proper guidance. If you have questions along the way please do not hesitate to contact me by email or telephone. What I teach is iconoclastic in the world of yoga and meditation and as far-fetched and intimidating to those of that ilk as your work is to the masses of scientists in their academic fortresses.

I dream of a world that practices clarity of mind in the presence of expanded Consciousness. I would love to collaborate with you in opening the world to this possibility. I am not challenging you and what you do. I am in awe of what you do. What I offer is distinct from what you offer and not in conflict. That distinction cannot be accurately perceived by the mind.